We gotta be as patient or more so with Beaulieu than we were with PK. It's funny to see everybody on here now say how "obvious" it as that PK was going to be a "generational talent" when the same people last year were comparing him to Michael Del Zotto and saying calling him a selfish player for holding out.
Beaulieu, to me, seems like the type of guy where it takes him a bit to figure things out but once he does, he turns dynamite. It was the same thing for him when he first started out in the Q, and last year in the AHL. Starts off pretty shaky, but he's very quick at adapting and finding his game in order to be successful. I think the NHL will be no different, he just needs a full year. I don't think this season will be it, but maybe once a couple of D are unloaded off the payroll for next year he'll have that chance to play more and really show his worth.
Not all players are Jonas Brodin or Jacob Trouba who can jump in at 19 years old and play a steady game. Some do, but then fall off (See Tyler Myers). It's about consistency, and if NB can struggle now and be consistent/dynamite later on I'm all for being patient. Plus I don't think he looks that bad out there right now anyway.